Gaelic culture has many stories and songs about birds. Learn the songs and sing along!

Singer Mairi McMillan will share some of these as well as other information about them in this interactive workshop, referencing books within our collection.

The workshop will be delivered in English, but will include Gaelic songs, words and phrases.

This event is part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.

About the workshop facilitator

A native fluent Gàidhlig speaker and Traditional Singing Gold Medal winner Màiri released her solo album ‘Gu Deas’ in 2021. Since then she has released an EP in 2023 and an album of self-penned Gàidhlig songs in 2025. Màiri has performed extensively across Scotland and in Ireland, England and Canada. She contributes regularly to Gàidhlig media programmes.

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